Broadwater, Western Australia
Broadwater is a suburb of the Western Australian city of Busselton. At the 2021 census, it had a population of 4,269.
Broadwater was gazetted in 1897; it originally contained what is now the Busselton suburb of Abbey. It contains a mix of residential areas and tourist accommodation providers, which take advantage of its proximity to the foreshore at Geographe Bay. A drive-in cinema was built in Broadwater in 1960; by the time of its closure in 2015, it was one of the last such structures in Western Australia.
References
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Broadwater (WA) (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ Landgate Geonoma database, feature number 100131355, Abbey
- ^ "Broadwater Foreshore Management Plan" (PDF). City of Busselton. 2005. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
- ^ "Broadwater". Municipal Heritage Inventory (PDF). City of Busselton. 2013. pp. 43–46. Retrieved 20 October 2022.
- ^ Taylor, Roxanne (14 March 2015). "Drive-In Busselton Outdoor Cinema to close after 55 years of movies". ABC News. Retrieved 9 September 2019.